Some Christmas Holiday Fun! by Mandi Kersten
On November 30th Tom Windelborn, Joyce Meiners, Holly Glei- ssner and Mandi Kersten from Consumer Products Division, participated in the 1st annual Gingerbread House competition in the Post House Ballroom in Dixon, Il. This was also to help raise money for The Lee County Council on Aging. All entries were judged on: originality, overall appearance, choice and use of materials and difficulty of design. Also the people’s choice award - which was voted on by the community by using money to vote. The winner of this award split the proceeds with Lee County Council on Aging, much like a 50/50 raffle. Our Naughty & Nice gingerbread house consisted of 4 walls, middle support wall, roof, chimney and porch all created out of gingerbread. Melted candy was used to create yellow tinted “glass” windows (to give the appearance of lights being on) and also used to create the red brick appearance on the chimney. Ev- erything is held together with Royal frosting. Shredded coconut was used for the visual of snow, the Grinch was made out of Me- ringue, Santa’s list was created with gum paste and frosting pens. Rice Chex vanilla cereal was used on the roof for the appearance of shingles, Cotton Candy was used for the smoke coming out of the chimney and some decoration on the Christmas trees. Our Christmas trees were created by using waffle cones upside down and green buttercream frosting. The list could go on and on. Everything on this house is 100% edible. The community had December 1st through noon on December 5th to cast their votes. To our excitement we won the People’s Choice award! The money we received was donated back to the Lee County Council on Aging. What a great time we had designing this and putting it all together piece by piece! Who doesn’t like to have some fun while giving back all at the same time? We hope to see some more groups in next year’s competition! Merry Christmas!
The gingerbread house had both a “Naughty” and “Nice” side
Patty Ballard, Joyce Meiners and a representative from The Lee County Council on Aging
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